Coles Cottage Academy
505 Civic Center Dr, Vista, CA 92084 · San Diego County
ClosedChild care center (preschool)
This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jul 16, 2025. Its state inspection history is shown below.
Coles Cottage Academy was a licensed child care center in Vista, CA, licensed for up to 35 children. Its license closed around July 2025. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 2 times and investigated 4 complaints, 1 substantiated, and issued 10 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
0Type A citations
10Type B citations
2Inspections
1 of 4Complaints substantiated
Every state visit
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits
What inspectors cited most
Building & playground safety3
Health & medication3
Caregiver conduct2
Training & qualifications2
Citations, newest first
Type BDec 19, 2024Case management visit (other)Caregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)
Based on evidence gathered and interviews, it was revealed that a staff member (S1) at the CCC did violate a child’s (C1) personal rights when attemtping to force a child to stay on the nap mat during rest time.
Plan of correction due Jan 21, 2025
Type BNov 26, 2024Case management visit (other)Training & qualifications
Director qualifications and duties §101215.1(b)
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, where LPA confirmed that the facility does not have a full-time, fully qualified director on site during operating hours, instead 2 staff rotate days/scheduling on site as a Director each week. One staff member is the Owner, and one staff member is employed as an Office Assistant.
Plan of correction due Dec 2, 2024
Type BAug 12, 2024InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Disaster and emergency plan §101174(d)
Based on iinterview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in disaster drill has not been completed this year which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Aug 16, 2024
Type BAug 12, 2024InspectionHealth & medication
Health-related services §101226(e)(1)(B)
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in C1 missing prescription labels on epi-pen and inhaler which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Aug 16, 2024
Type BAug 12, 2024InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Buildings and grounds §101238(a)
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in LPA observed multiple un-maintained spider webs throughout playgrounds which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Aug 16, 2024
Type BAug 12, 2024InspectionHealth & medication
Health-related services §101226(e)(3)(B)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 4 medications for C1 were missing parent consent forms which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Aug 16, 2024
Type BSep 19, 2023InspectionHealth & medication
Staff immunizations §1596.7995(a)(1)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as one staff was missing immunization recods, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 19, 2023
Type BSep 19, 2023InspectionTraining & qualifications
Staff health screening and personnel requirements §101216(g)(1)
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as one staff was missing a health screening and tuberculosis test which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 19, 2023
Type BSep 19, 2023InspectionBuilding & playground safety
Fixtures, furniture, equipment and supplies §101239(o)(1)(o)
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as there were several broken tricycles and a ripped teeter totter seat, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due Oct 10, 2023
Type BJun 1, 2023Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal Rights
Interviews and menu review revealing fruit and or vegetable is not served with breakfast, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Plan of correction due Jun 8, 2023
Complaint investigations
Not substantiatedJul 23, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Jun 20, 2024
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Not substantiatedJun 26, 2024Complaint investigationreceived May 17, 2024
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
Not substantiatedFeb 6, 2024Complaint investigationreceived Jan 30, 2024
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
SubstantiatedJun 1, 2023Complaint investigationreceived May 25, 2023
Substantiated allegation:
Facility staff are not following food service guidelines.
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
About this center
Licensed capacity35 children
License typeChild care center (preschool)
License statusClosed
Licensed sinceSep 17, 2021
ClosedJul 16, 2025
LicenseeCosta,weeratunga S
Last administratorCosta,weeratunga
State facility #376300358
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 376300358 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.